Moxibustion device

Abstract

A moxibustion apparatus includes: a case; a heat storage unit arranged inside the case and including a heat storage material, a heat insulating member covering an outer surface of the heat storage material, an exposed portion exposed to the outside of the heat insulating member, a heating coil embedded in the heat storage material and electrically heated, and a charging terminal that has one side exposed to the outside of the case and is connected to an external power source to provide power to the heating coil; and a moxibustion unit configured to receive heat accumulated in the heat storage material through the exposed portion to locally heat acupuncture points of a user's abdomen, and including a protrusion portion that protrudes to have an end portion thereof formed into a spherical shape or a gently curved shape and is exposed to the outside of the case.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A moxibustion apparatus comprising:
 a case including a front case, a rear case, and an inner case, wherein the front case and the rear case form an outer surface of the moxibustion apparatus, and the inner case is disposed in the case and includes a heat radiation port; 
 a heat storage unit configured to be arranged inside the case and including a heat storage material and a heat insulating member that covers an outer surface of the heat storage material, wherein an exposed portion of the heat storage material is exposed to outside of the heat insulating member and is arranged to correspond to the heat radiation port; 
 a moxibustion unit configured to receive heat accumulated in the heat storage material through the exposed portion to locally heat acupuncture points of a user's abdomen, and to have one side thereof exposed to outside of the case; and 
 a heat radiation amount adjusting unit arranged between the exposed portion and the moxibustion unit and configured to adjust an amount of heat transferred through the heat radiation port by adjusting a thermal resistance between the exposed portion and the moxibustion unit. 
 
     
     
       2. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the heat radiation amount adjusting unit is fastened to the inner case to be movable relative to the heat radiation port to a predetermined degree, and includes a heat insulating block and a heat transfer block arranged to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance with the heat radiation port interposed therebetween and a lever portion exposed to the outside of the case. 
     
     
       3. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the heat radiation amount adjusting unit adjusts the thermal resistance between the exposed portion and the moxibustion unit by placing one of a plurality of elements that have respective thermal conductivities in a space between the exposed portion and the moxibustion unit. 
     
     
       4. A moxibustion apparatus comprising:
 a case; 
 a heat storage unit configured to be provided inside the case to accumulate heat by power supplied from an external power source, and to radiate the accumulated heat through a heat radiation port; 
 a moxibustion unit configured to receive the heat radiated from the heat storage unit to heat a human body; and 
 a heat insulating unit including a hollow at the same position as the heat radiation port and configured to block or allow transfer of the heat provided from the heat storage unit by selectively opening or closing the hollow. 
 
     
     
       5. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the heat storage unit includes:
 a heat storage material configured to allow heat required for moxibustion to be accumulated; 
 a heating member configured to be embedded in the heat storage material and be electrically heated to allow heat to be accumulated in the heat storage material; and 
 a partition member configured to divide the case to restrict the heat radiated to the heat storage material from being transferred to the moxibustion unit, and to have the heat radiation port formed at a portion thereof. 
 
     
     
       6. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the heat insulating unit includes:
 a rotary member configured to be rotatably positioned between the heat storage unit and the moxibustion unit, and to have the hollow at the same position as the heat radiation port formed in the partition member of the heat storage unit; 
 a heat insulating member configured to be formed to selectively open and close the hollow, to be rotatably coupled to the rotary member in an end thereof, and to be hinge-coupled to the partition member of the heat storage unit in a position thereof adjacent to a portion in which the heat insulating member is rotatably coupled to the rotary member; and 
 an adjusting member configured to rotate the rotary member so that the heat insulating member is rotated, and to allow or block transfer of the heat provided from the heat storage unit to the moxibustion unit. 
 
     
     
       7. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein one side of the adjusting member is exposed to the outside of the case so that a user rotates the adjusting member to a predetermined degree as needed, and the other side thereof is positioned inside the case so that the adjusting member is engaged with the rotary member in a toothed wheel shape. 
     
     
       8. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the heat insulating unit includes:
 a heat insulating member configured to cover or open the heat radiation port formed in the partition member of the heat storage unit in a sliding manner; and 
 an adjusting member configured to allow the heat insulating member to slide. 
 
     
     
       9. The moxibustion apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the heat insulating unit includes:
 a rotary member configured to be rotatably positioned between the heat storage unit and the moxibustion unit, and having the hollow at the same position as the heat radiation port; and 
 a heat insulating member configured to selectively open or close the hollow and being rotatably coupled to the rotary member.